St. Elmo: Or, Saved at LastSt. Elmo was the most famed and beloved novel by Augusta Jane Evans, a June 2015 inductee into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. First published in 1866, Evans’s rich tale of the relationship between the dashing and worldly St. Elmo and Edna Earl, an exemplar of virtuous Southern womanhood, sold over a million copies in four months and became one of the nineteenth century’s most influential novels. This edition includes an introduction by Evans scholar Diane Roberts about the enduring relevance and legacy of St. Elmo as a work of literature as well as a reflection of gender roles and the seismic societal changes taking place in the United States in the aftermath of the Civil War. |
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Page 62
... happy while I am away , and if you succeed , you will be the first person to whom I have ever been indebted . I have left directions concerning my books and the various articles in my rooms . Feel no hesitation in examining any that may ...
... happy while I am away , and if you succeed , you will be the first person to whom I have ever been indebted . I have left directions concerning my books and the various articles in my rooms . Feel no hesitation in examining any that may ...
Page 313
... happy ? ” " So happy that I believe the wealth of California could not buy this sheet of paper , which assures me that I have been instrumental in bringing sunshine to a darkened household ; in calling the head of a family from haunts ...
... happy ? ” " So happy that I believe the wealth of California could not buy this sheet of paper , which assures me that I have been instrumental in bringing sunshine to a darkened household ; in calling the head of a family from haunts ...
Page 336
... happy . The invalid stated that her chief amusement consisted in tending a few flowers that grew in pots in her windows ; and in token of her gratitude , she had made a nosegay of mignonette , pansies , and geranium , and wax - plant ...
... happy . The invalid stated that her chief amusement consisted in tending a few flowers that grew in pots in her windows ; and in token of her gratitude , she had made a nosegay of mignonette , pansies , and geranium , and wax - plant ...
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